The state government has decided to file a review petition in the Supreme Court against its judgment passed on September 1, 2025, which made the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) mandatory for all in-service teachers, regardless of their length of service.

Education Minister Lahkmen Rymbui stated that the government’s contention is that the judgment has a retrospective effect and that they want the Supreme Court to exempt teachers appointed before the Right to Education (RTE) Act came into effect.

“Our contention is that this judgment of the Supreme Court is having a retrospective effect and what we want is that after the RTE Act that the government should exempt all those teachers appointed pre-RTE Act,” he told reporters on Monday.

“After the coming of the RTE in the subsequent notificat

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